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Blood Diamond (2006) -- A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
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Blood Diamond (2006) -- A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Blood Diamond (2006) -- A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

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Director:
Edward Zwick
Writers (WGA):
Charles Leavitt (screenplay)
Charles Leavitt (story) ...
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Release Date:
8 December 2006 (USA) more
Tagline:
Truth more
Plot:
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations more
User Comments:
A Hollywood movies tells an African story full of death and violence and presents it with impressive truth. more (549 total)
US TV Schedule:
Sun. Nov. 81:00 PMUSA   

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Also Known As:
Blood Diamond (Germany)
Okavango (USA) (original script title)
Diamante de Sangue (Brazil) (Portugal) (original subtitled version) [pt]
Diamante de sangre (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Кровавый алмаз (Russia) [ru]
Blood Diamond (France) [fr]
Blood Diamond - Veritimantti (Finland) [fi]
Blood diamond - Diamanti di sangue (Italy) [it]
Kanli elmas (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Krwawy diament (Poland) [pl]
Le diamant de sang (Canada: French title) [fr]
Matomeno diamanti (Greece) [el]
Vereteemant (Estonia) [et]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and language.
Runtime:
143 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Cape Town, South Africa more

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Trivia:
Solomon's son's name is Dia, which means "expensive" in Krio, the adapted language of Sierra Leone. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: Maddy uses a Leica 35mm M6 rangefinder camera with a 35mm f1.4 lens. When she shoots, the soundtrack clearly uses a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) noise. The distinctive sound is because a mirror is tripped when an SLR takes a picture. The Leica M6 is a focal plane leaf shutter and makes a very different and quieter noise. She also takes a picture of Danny Arhcer at about 2 feet away, yet this lens and camera can not focus below 5 feet. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Solomon Vandy: Dia. Dia. Don't want to be late.
Dia Vandy: English boys don't go to school every day.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#26.9)" (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Solemn Prayer more

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566 out of 659 people found the following comment useful.
A Hollywood movies tells an African story full of death and violence and presents it with impressive truth., 4 December 2006
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Author: john_cberry from Canada

Because I lived in Sierra Leone, in fact in Kono, the diamond-mining area of the country, for three years, I had to see Blood Diamond as soon as it came out. It is an excellent movie. Although it was not filmed in Sierra Leone, it captures the reality of the country to a remarkable degree. There is a great deal of violence in this movie, but that violence is organic, realistic, fitting to what happened there. They even manage to convey the fact that the people are as astonished by this violence as we are; Sierra Leone used to be one of the safest countries in the world. The movie tells the facts about conflict diamonds quickly and accurately. DiCaprio's performance is impressive, certainly the best by him I've ever seen: he is totally believable as a white African. Jennifer Connelly's role is much smaller but she makes the most of it. Djiman Housou has enormous physical presence as the brave Mende fisherman. This movie just gets so many things right that the few places it departs from reality are entirely forgivable. I would heartily recommend this movie to everyone; it is the best Hollywood movie I've seen in years.

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